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Feb 27, 2014
Kasai reaches podium in return to World Cup
Olympic hero Noriaki Kasai reached Wednesday's ski jumping World Cup podium in his first competition since the Sochi Winter Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2014
Bronze medalist Takeuchi battling autoimmune disorder
Taku Takeuchi, who won a bronze medal in the team ski jumping competition Monday at the Sochi Winter Olympics, has been competing while struggling with a rare disease.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2014
Ski jumper Takanashi receives applause upon return to Narita aiport
Despite failing to meet golden aspirations and expectations at the Sochi Winter Olympics, 17-year-old women's ski jumper Sara Takanashi received a warm welcome Friday, when she returned to Japan.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 12, 2014
Ski jump favorite Takanashi fails to land medal
Sara Takanashi, the favorite for the gold medal in the inaugural Olympic women's normal hill ski jump on Tuesday night, was kept off the podium after a disappointing effort at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2014
Seven-time Olympian Kasai hopes to inspire teammates
Veteran and delegation captain Noriaki Kasai will be among the four Japanese competitors in the men's normal hill ski jump, it was announced on Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2014
Japan ski jumpers arrive in Sochi with high hopes
Sara Takanashi pledged to pull out all the stops to become the first woman to win a Winter Olympic ski jumping gold medal after arriving in Sochi in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Japan Times
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Jan 29, 2014
Ski jumper Takanashi retains crown
Sochi Olympics gold medal hope Sara Takanashi became the first ever to win three consecutive titles at the World Junior Ski Championships on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 28, 2014
Veteran jumper Kasai showing no signs of slowing down
Despite turning 41 last summer, Noriaki Kasai is showing no signs of slowing down and a recent World Cup win suggests the ski jumper nicknamed "Kamikaze" could emerge as a surprise medalist in his seventh Winter Olympics appearance at next month's Sochi Games.
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Jan 25, 2014
Ski jumper Kasai places third in World Cup competition
Veteran Noriaki Kasai, Japan's delegation captain for next month's Sochi Olympics, scored his fourth podium finish of the season when he took third place at a World Cup jump on Saturday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 24, 2014
Jump star Takanashi flying high going into Sochi Games
The Sochi Olympic Games could not have been timed better for 17-year-old women's ski jumper Sara Takanashi.
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Mar 10, 2013
Takeda tops Takanashi for ski jump gold
Women's World Cup champion Sara Takanashi was cut down to size by Ayuka Takeda as she finished second at the Ski Jumping National Championships on Saturday.
Japan Times
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Mar 4, 2013
Teen phenom Takanashi soars to victory in Miyasama International
Sara Takanashi won the large hill of the Miyasama International on Sunday.
Japan Times
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Feb 23, 2013
Teenage ski jumper Takanashi back in spotlight at world championships
Newly crowned overall ski jumping World Cup champion Sara Takanashi will aim for her first gold medal at the FIS World Nordic Ski Championships on Friday.
Japan Times
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Feb 19, 2013
Takanashi becomes youngest to claim overall World Cup title
Sara Takanashi became the youngest-ever winner of an overall World Cup skiing crown Sunday, claiming the women's ski jumping title with her fourth consecutive victory and eighth of the season.
Japan Times
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Feb 10, 2013
Takanashi takes commanding lead in women's ski jumping World Cup
Sara Takanashi is poised to win the women's ski jumping World Cup title next weekend in Slovenia after the Japanese teen wonder swept a doubleheader at Zao on Sunday, tying a record for most victories in a season.
Japan Times
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Feb 8, 2013
Takanashi aims for return to winning ways
Sara Takanashi will look to turn back the clock and recapture her form at Zao last season to snap out of a funk in this weekend's World Cup ski jumping.
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Mar 11, 2012
Takanashi wins inaugural ski jump
Sara Takanashi finished second in the last event of the inaugural World Cup season for women's ski jumping on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 5, 2010
Niseko's real estate boom: Bigger picture in sight for local development
For some it was a flash in the pan, at best an experiment destined to fail, at worst a mini-bubble hyper-inflated by greedy "outsiders" with little interest other than the type accumulating in the bank.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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